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and after two years of the canadian presidency, the united states, the obama administration will take over the arctic council. that will be, my dear friends, some testing time for the united states in term of the community, the political community, the engagement of the business corporation, the think tank and the others. it will be a testing time indicating how does the united states see the future of the arctic? what is the direction it wants to give? not only to the other arctic countries but also to india, china, many of the european countries and others that also want to be a part of the arctic future. that is why in addition to the great tradition of this institution, we were honored and pleased to use this venue, the national press club in washington to announce establishment of the arctic circle. we all live, as was mentioned, in the introduction in a dependent world. we perhapses don't realize every day how dependent we are on the ice. but in -- but it is melting and meltings fast. that is why the chinese are already repairing. that's why singapore got a special division in t
and after two years of the canadian presidency, the united states, the obama administration will take over the arctic council. that will be, my dear friends, some testing time for the united states in term of the community, the political community, the engagement of the business corporation, the think tank and the others. it will be a testing time indicating how does the united states see the future of the arctic? what is the direction it wants to give? not only to the other arctic countries...
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administration could be following similar patterns but it certainly historically the united states is has been very interventionist. all prisoners in guantanamo bay have joined the hunger strike bringing the number to fifty two u.s. military officials have admitted to protesting detainees have recently tried to commit suicide but they defended a prison guard raid on cells over the weekend which resulted in violent clashes with several inmates although now former senior politicians and members of the u.s. military have joined the chorus accusing officials of contributing to the spread of torture and independent american think tank released a report pointing to abuse at the guantanamo constitution project as it's called concluded it was beyond dispute that torture had been carried out or that the practice has damaged america's moral standing and its ability to criticize others also suggests that u.s. personnel have actually been put at greater risk should they be taken captive and the panel concluded that the door remains open to more torture while no one is brought to account for what
administration could be following similar patterns but it certainly historically the united states is has been very interventionist. all prisoners in guantanamo bay have joined the hunger strike bringing the number to fifty two u.s. military officials have admitted to protesting detainees have recently tried to commit suicide but they defended a prison guard raid on cells over the weekend which resulted in violent clashes with several inmates although now former senior politicians and members...
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in iraq, the obama administration's decision to withdraw u.s. troops in 2011 has resulted in the research of al qaeda, increasing the violence and growing caribbean influence. the picture of iraq looks increasingly violent. obamahanistan, president is making the same mistakes based on arbitrary time lines and without a finding the underlining the objectives strategy and mission. in my office last week, we discussed the need to have capability to support the afghan security forces and counter- terrorism efforts. when making decisions about our mission, the president should listen more to the professional military commanders on the front lines and less to the political advisers in the west wing. this committee was told he recommends possibly 20,000 troops remain in afghanistan after 2014. that would be about 13,600 u.s. troops, about half that many international forces. our commander tells us the mission should be to continue counter-terrorism efforts and train and it finds afghan security forces. for those missions across the whole afghanistan, 8
in iraq, the obama administration's decision to withdraw u.s. troops in 2011 has resulted in the research of al qaeda, increasing the violence and growing caribbean influence. the picture of iraq looks increasingly violent. obamahanistan, president is making the same mistakes based on arbitrary time lines and without a finding the underlining the objectives strategy and mission. in my office last week, we discussed the need to have capability to support the afghan security forces and counter-...
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the obama administration is committed to preserving and improving the jewish state's military edge in the region, part of that includes the much talked about iron dome missile defense system. kevin conley reports. >> it is an israel designed american funded break through n military technology. all possibly a kind of optical illusion. iron dome is a missile defense system credited by israel with destroying nearly 0% of the rockets fired at it during the last conflict with palestinians in gaza. not everyone is convinced. because the incoming rockets are invisible to the naked eye a handful of skeptics say we might be witnessing the missiles themselves self drurkting without hitting anything. >> i don't know exactly what happened. would like to have an answer. how me your infrared videos. >> israel's enemies get the importance of the system. this internet video claiming responsibility for the recent attack ended with a taunting message that iron dome did not stop it. the truth is not many are listening to those voices of doubt. take these iron dome in the south of the country. most israe
the obama administration is committed to preserving and improving the jewish state's military edge in the region, part of that includes the much talked about iron dome missile defense system. kevin conley reports. >> it is an israel designed american funded break through n military technology. all possibly a kind of optical illusion. iron dome is a missile defense system credited by israel with destroying nearly 0% of the rockets fired at it during the last conflict with palestinians in...
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. >> wendy: what should the obama administration do about this increased attack and the increased persecution of christians under the muslim brotherhood. >> christians in egypt are in terrible assault. this is the seat of their coptic pope, and if that can be breached, if there can be an all-out assault with grenades and firebombs and tear gas against christians during a funeral, and the funeral was for other christians who had been murdered in an attack against their village, then really no christian is safe. it is a crime to be christian in egypt, in effect. so we have to, as the largest donor to egypt -- we're extremely generous as a country to egypt, both in our direct aid to the military, the economic aid, and to their farm loans, and we need to draw a red line and say these christians must be protected and their murderers must be brought to trial and justice must be served. >> wendy: we saw the incredible story of the two women from iran. and we know others, including pastor saeed abedini, are still jailed in iran. why does the regime there fear christianity so much? >> well, they deriv
. >> wendy: what should the obama administration do about this increased attack and the increased persecution of christians under the muslim brotherhood. >> christians in egypt are in terrible assault. this is the seat of their coptic pope, and if that can be breached, if there can be an all-out assault with grenades and firebombs and tear gas against christians during a funeral, and the funeral was for other christians who had been murdered in an attack against their village, then...
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administration and the national security state say we don't want anything talked about. so just lock down the information lock down the people there was a fellow from a u.b.s. switzerland who exposed some there's a remarkable stuff. is there a parallel concern from a corporate security state you know i notice. various websites i see ads for things that you know i mean i was in germany and i'm looking at a web site and here's an ad for a show at the arena theater there in a staged theater here in d.c. where i've been you know how do they know that i've been there and it's like it is there is there a corollary there or is this really just a government problem we have about a half a minute and said well i think there's two things there is. certainly the problem of people being able to follow you on the websites and where you are i know when the koch brothers were attacking me they took out little ads and as my daughter said my beady eyes appeared all over wherever she would not be good to net and i think that's a real issue there we struggle with what we focus on in the mov
administration and the national security state say we don't want anything talked about. so just lock down the information lock down the people there was a fellow from a u.b.s. switzerland who exposed some there's a remarkable stuff. is there a parallel concern from a corporate security state you know i notice. various websites i see ads for things that you know i mean i was in germany and i'm looking at a web site and here's an ad for a show at the arena theater there in a staged theater here...
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so the tension is going to focus on the obama administration and following this. we saw during the presidential election campaign mitt romney continually criticized the president being soft on terrorism inspect.. >> and the benghazi incident where it seemed they -- responding to the threat sfp. >> the obama administration was reluctant to use the word terrorism and link it with al qaeda. we saw that a little bit last week, a day before the word "terrorist" was used. this is the line the republicans will use against the president, that he's soft on terror. we're already seeing senior republicans accusing the fbi of dropping the ball on this one, senator lindsay graham and senior members of the house. >> are they justified? is there any way of knowing how many threats like this come into the u.s. on a daily, even hourly basis, and whether in the grand scheme of thing this one ought to have raised the flags? >> i'm not privy to the particular piece of intelligence on this. i imagine obviously they would have thousands of these and things on an annual basis. lindsey g
so the tension is going to focus on the obama administration and following this. we saw during the presidential election campaign mitt romney continually criticized the president being soft on terrorism inspect.. >> and the benghazi incident where it seemed they -- responding to the threat sfp. >> the obama administration was reluctant to use the word terrorism and link it with al qaeda. we saw that a little bit last week, a day before the word "terrorist" was used. this...
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and the obama administration the going to be able to maintain for very long. >> warner: mark mazzetti, thank you for joining us and i look forward to continuing our conversation about "the way of the knife" online. >> thanks very much. >> ifill: as margaret said, there is more of their conversation online, and you can find that on the rundown. >> woodruff: finally tonight, america's retirement system and the growing problems it poses for future generations. that's the subject of tonight's frontline, "the retirement gamble." correspondent martin smith looks at what was behind the shift to private plans known as 401(k)'s, the role of the financial services industry, and why too many americans have too little in savings. here's an excerpt about the plight of one worker and what he is facing. >> robert tilton smith entered the work force in 2003. he taught far bit, worked at a coffee shop and then went to grad school where he ran up $40,000 in student loans. but on the bright side, he had no savings to lose during the 2008 crash. when he graduated with a master niece economics he was hire
and the obama administration the going to be able to maintain for very long. >> warner: mark mazzetti, thank you for joining us and i look forward to continuing our conversation about "the way of the knife" online. >> thanks very much. >> ifill: as margaret said, there is more of their conversation online, and you can find that on the rundown. >> woodruff: finally tonight, america's retirement system and the growing problems it poses for future generations....
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. >> every time the obama administration does an audit, in which they have to fire all their illegal aliens, there are americans lined around the block. there have been no problems -- >> i want to raise one point. doug holtz okayin who runs the american action forum, a smart guy, ran the congressional budget office. he told me, we should have about 500,000 legal new immigrants per year. and if we do that, the economic growth rate will rise by 1 percentage point each year for about ten years. >> and let me add something. >> what i'm saying is -- we not only need to legalize the workers here in this marco rubio reform bill. but down the road, we've got to add a half million people a year. that will make the labor force break even or somewhat higher, because that will take care of the decline. >> larry, you left out something. >> that lowers the budget deficit by 2.7 did his trillion. >> there is something else. he also finds the actual per capita income rises. so not just the entire economy grows, but the economy grows per capita basis. >> i believe -- >> biggest single competitive adv
. >> every time the obama administration does an audit, in which they have to fire all their illegal aliens, there are americans lined around the block. there have been no problems -- >> i want to raise one point. doug holtz okayin who runs the american action forum, a smart guy, ran the congressional budget office. he told me, we should have about 500,000 legal new immigrants per year. and if we do that, the economic growth rate will rise by 1 percentage point each year for about...
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the obama administration wants to remove barriers and help privacy laws that stop some states from sharing mental health data with the fbi's current background situation. twelve people are confirmed dead and west, texas. 200 people are injured. those are your headlines. cheryl: we have had a newsweek would have not seen in years. we are waiting for a news conference from the massachusetts state police. we are going to bring in harry now. when you are here just a few moments ago, you said the media can actually hinder an investigation like this. it can hinder a manhunt of this type. >> exactly. you could be giving away some information. if there are cameras out there and he is near a television set, he can actually see it. he can plan his escape that way. trying not to give too much information away about what the police are doing right now to apprehend him. dennis: when the fbi posted those two photos yesterday at 5:00 o'clock, i did not know if it was an american caught if it was optimistic or pessimistic. seven hours later there is a fight and one of them is killed by police. was it the
the obama administration wants to remove barriers and help privacy laws that stop some states from sharing mental health data with the fbi's current background situation. twelve people are confirmed dead and west, texas. 200 people are injured. those are your headlines. cheryl: we have had a newsweek would have not seen in years. we are waiting for a news conference from the massachusetts state police. we are going to bring in harry now. when you are here just a few moments ago, you said the...
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now it's frustrating to me that the obama administration, our president, would target an industry that's providing clean, affordable energy for our country, providing jobs in my district and across the country and keeping that electricity bill at home low for our families, but he is. and the second regulation that he is talking about is going to impact what's called coal ash and try to make it a hazardous waste. this is something that is not hazardous. and it is going to increase the cost of cement. now we need cement, we're building new highways, we need it in our building new homes, we need it for businesses that are building. why would we do this that's going to increase the cost of -- for that. we have in missouri five cement plants that provide 12,000 jobs, yet if this continues to go through, we're going to see an increase in cement costs. so here, gentlemen, we have two examples of regulations coming out of washington here. they are increasing the cost for our families at home and they're killing jobs and increasing our electricity costs. it's wrong and i will continue to stand ag
now it's frustrating to me that the obama administration, our president, would target an industry that's providing clean, affordable energy for our country, providing jobs in my district and across the country and keeping that electricity bill at home low for our families, but he is. and the second regulation that he is talking about is going to impact what's called coal ash and try to make it a hazardous waste. this is something that is not hazardous. and it is going to increase the cost of...
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. >> under the bush administration carrying over into the obama administration, as she was someone who came to see the necessity of the drone program was seen as someone who was very close to the cia and permissive of what the cia wanted to do. the -- her successor was a man name cameron munter who was not against the drone program, but he came to be susceptible to the drone strike, at odds with the station chief coming in shortly before the davis episode, and it sort of, i spent time t chapter talking about the fights and concerns he had, cameron munter. he found himself at odds with what the cia was doing in their strategy, and he pushed to get more power over drone activities in spake stan all the way up the chain of command in the obama administration, and hillary clinton batted for him, a tense moment between hillary clinton and leon panetta inside the national security council meeting were they were -- they were not fighting, but there was a intense exchange where she was sticking up for her guy, panetta stuck up for the nci, brokered a deal, but they retained a degree of authori
. >> under the bush administration carrying over into the obama administration, as she was someone who came to see the necessity of the drone program was seen as someone who was very close to the cia and permissive of what the cia wanted to do. the -- her successor was a man name cameron munter who was not against the drone program, but he came to be susceptible to the drone strike, at odds with the station chief coming in shortly before the davis episode, and it sort of, i spent time t...
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on the issue of the obama administration, during the 2008 campaign, president obama criticized the bush administration's treatment of detainees. candidate obama promised to close guantanamo and to reject torture without exception orie quive indication. he also criticized the previous administration for executive secrecy, included repeated invocation of the state's secret privilege to get civil lawsuits thrown out of court and the promise to lead a new era of openness. the administration has fulfilled some of those promises, and conspicuously failed to fulfill others. in some cases because congress has blocked them, but in other cases for reasons of their own. as asa mentioned earlier, high-level secrecy surrounding the rendition and torture of detainees since september 11 cannot continue to be justified on the basis of national security. the authorized enhanced techniques have been publicly disclosed and the c.i.a. has approved its former employee's publication of detailed accounts of individual interrogation. ongoing classification of material documenting these practices serves only to
on the issue of the obama administration, during the 2008 campaign, president obama criticized the bush administration's treatment of detainees. candidate obama promised to close guantanamo and to reject torture without exception orie quive indication. he also criticized the previous administration for executive secrecy, included repeated invocation of the state's secret privilege to get civil lawsuits thrown out of court and the promise to lead a new era of openness. the administration has...
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was less interested in the previous administration in a war in. in war in the middle east and wants to be in focus on relations in east asia because in the long term that's far more important john you want to. well i would agree that then in large part the united states because it. sort of bogged down in the middle east because the largely because of the impact of the israeli lobby has not been able to counter china in the way it would like but i'd like to i'd like to go to henry kissinger here for a second. henry kissinger in his account china which is not a bad book actually talks about a fundamentally different culture in china from that of the west and i think we should listen to him on this point because for example if you look at the fifteenth century when china was the most powerful nation in the world it sent out ships bigger than anything columbus would dream of one hundred years later traded. it it traded it explored but unlike the west it did not conquer it did not in slaves that is the western tradition and if you think we've escaped t
was less interested in the previous administration in a war in. in war in the middle east and wants to be in focus on relations in east asia because in the long term that's far more important john you want to. well i would agree that then in large part the united states because it. sort of bogged down in the middle east because the largely because of the impact of the israeli lobby has not been able to counter china in the way it would like but i'd like to i'd like to go to henry kissinger here...
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was less interested than the previous administration in war in. war in the middle east and wants to be in focus on relations in east asia because in the long term that's far more important john you want to. read well i would agree that in large part to the united states because it. sort of bogged down in the middle east because the largely because of the impact of the israeli lobby has not been able to counter china in the way it would like but i'd like to i'd like to go to henry kissinger here for a second. henry kissinger in his account china which is not a bad book actually talks about a fundamentally different culture in china from that of the west and i think we should listen to him on this point. because for example if you look at the fifteenth century when china was the most powerful nation in the world it sent out ships bigger than anything columbus would dream of one hundred years later traded. it it traded it explored but unlike the west it did not conquer it did not in slaves that is the western tradition and if you think we've escaped
was less interested than the previous administration in war in. war in the middle east and wants to be in focus on relations in east asia because in the long term that's far more important john you want to. read well i would agree that in large part to the united states because it. sort of bogged down in the middle east because the largely because of the impact of the israeli lobby has not been able to counter china in the way it would like but i'd like to i'd like to go to henry kissinger here...
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under the obama administration, the e.p.a. has sought to regulate nearly every aspect of the energy industry. it implements rules that burden employers and kills jobs. insulting the taxpayers who fund the e.p.a., the administration refuses to release the scientific data upon which the burdensome regulations are based. this is entirely inconsistent with the president's stated commitment to lead the most open and transparent administration in history. the committee will continue to work to ensure the e.p.a. lives up to the president's transparency standard. the american people deserve to know all the facts, particularly since e.p.a.'s regulations on the energy sector have a direct impact on their daily lives. for example, the e.p.a. has opposed a technological innovation that provides good-paying jobs for many americans. the fracking revolution is changing the nature of american energy production. hundreds of communities directly benefit from the economic turn-around due to energy production made possible by the fracking technol
under the obama administration, the e.p.a. has sought to regulate nearly every aspect of the energy industry. it implements rules that burden employers and kills jobs. insulting the taxpayers who fund the e.p.a., the administration refuses to release the scientific data upon which the burdensome regulations are based. this is entirely inconsistent with the president's stated commitment to lead the most open and transparent administration in history. the committee will continue to work to ensure...
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was less interested than the previous administration in war in. war in the middle east and wants to be in focus on relations in east asia because in the long term that's far more important john you want to read well i would agree that in large part the united states because it. sort of bogged down in the middle east because the largely because of the impact of the israeli lobby has not been able to counter china in the way it would like but i'd like to i'd like to go to henry kissinger here for a second. henry kissinger in his account china which is not a bad book actually talks about a fundamentally different culture in china from that of the west and i think we should listen to him on this point. because for example if you look at the fifteenth century when china was the most powerful nation in the world it sent out ships bigger than anything columbus would dream of one hundred years later traded. it it traded it explored but unlike the west it did not conquer it did not in slaves that is the western tradition and if you think we've escaped that
was less interested than the previous administration in war in. war in the middle east and wants to be in focus on relations in east asia because in the long term that's far more important john you want to read well i would agree that in large part the united states because it. sort of bogged down in the middle east because the largely because of the impact of the israeli lobby has not been able to counter china in the way it would like but i'd like to i'd like to go to henry kissinger here for...
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>> senior obama's administration officials surprised in recent weeks with an amended approach to syria. we don't want an outright rebel military victory right now because in the words of one senior official quote the good guys may not come out on top. >> well, if that depends on your definition of good guys. certainly the jihadist the sunni dominated groups, the fighting groups and the opposition most notable on its way to terms of size have recently pledged allegiance to al qaeda. that is a great concern. they are present in 13 of the 14 provinces in iran and are starting to establish municipal services providing humanitarian aid, food, hospitals and sharia law. >> do you think all this might've been avoided if we hadn't sat by and watched it happen? i thank you mr. chairman. >> thank you senator mccain. senator reid. >> thank you very much . chrman and thank you gentlemen for not only her testimony but your service. the issue at front and center is sequestration and i just have a more procedural question. first of all as i understand it your appropriation is part of the defense of he
>> senior obama's administration officials surprised in recent weeks with an amended approach to syria. we don't want an outright rebel military victory right now because in the words of one senior official quote the good guys may not come out on top. >> well, if that depends on your definition of good guys. certainly the jihadist the sunni dominated groups, the fighting groups and the opposition most notable on its way to terms of size have recently pledged allegiance to al qaeda....
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under the obama administration, immigration agents can no longer arrest those who violate u.s. immigration law. immigration agents cannot arrest an individual for entering the u.s. illegally. we cannot arrest someone who over stays a visa. immigration agents are prohibited from enforcing laws regarding fraudulent documents and a dandy that by illegal aliens. agents are forced to apply the dream act, not to children in schools, but to adult inmates in jails. mmiething criminals back in nation, criminals who have insulted our officers, and who prey on children. at the same time, i.c.e. officers are punished and threatened by dhs and i.c.e. leadership, threatened with the loss of their jobs simply because they attempt to enforce the nation's immigration laws and provide for public safety. chosen togang 8 has ignore law enforcement officers, have a question i would like to ask them publicly. schumer, dickhuck durbin, john mccain, patrick leahy, lindsey graham, roark menendez, jeff blake, michael bennett's cut as united states senators, the representatives of the people, where have
under the obama administration, immigration agents can no longer arrest those who violate u.s. immigration law. immigration agents cannot arrest an individual for entering the u.s. illegally. we cannot arrest someone who over stays a visa. immigration agents are prohibited from enforcing laws regarding fraudulent documents and a dandy that by illegal aliens. agents are forced to apply the dream act, not to children in schools, but to adult inmates in jails. mmiething criminals back in nation,...
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early on the obama administration. and he said in contrast to the wars in iraq and afghanistan where the united states has used a hammer, he said we, the obama administration, can use a scalpel. it was an idea i had that scalpel certainly applied a sos free. surgery without obligations. but we see that's not the case in a lot of places. so i thought i would take his analogy and make it a nice because nice fights are a lot messier. >> host: steve, california, you're on with mark mazzetti from "the new york times." >> caller: this. the united states has not declared war in over 70 years. the wars we thought, korea, vietnam, iraq, afghanistan have all been basically unconstitutional. we seem to have given up any a semblance of pretending to declare war, congress seems to have no stomach to declaring war but obviously no problem fighting them. i'm wondering whether or not you think that the militarization of the cia, potential conflict between the different agencies and the defense department might in fact said whether tha
early on the obama administration. and he said in contrast to the wars in iraq and afghanistan where the united states has used a hammer, he said we, the obama administration, can use a scalpel. it was an idea i had that scalpel certainly applied a sos free. surgery without obligations. but we see that's not the case in a lot of places. so i thought i would take his analogy and make it a nice because nice fights are a lot messier. >> host: steve, california, you're on with mark mazzetti...